Data processing system having a Cartesian Controller

Abstract

A data-processing system includes a data device for selectively storing data and an engine having access to the memory device, the engine supporting a plurality of machine executable programs. A controller is utilized which selectively outputs one of a plurality of instructions to the engine for driving the execution of the programs enabled by the engine, while a clock device is utilized for outputting a synchronizing clock signal comprised of a predetermined number of clock cycles per second. The clock device outputs the synchronizing clock signal to the data device, the engine and the controller. The controller outputs one of the instructions to the engine for execution of one of the programs, while also executing an operation within itself, all within a single clock cycle.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 431,154 entitled “ENHANCED VERSION OF CONNEX MEMORY”, and filed on Dec. 5, 2002, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The subject matter of this application relates to pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 928,151 entitled “A MEMORY ENGINE FOR THE INSPECTION AND MANIPULATION OF DATA”, filed on Aug. 10, 2001 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 727,811 entitled “CELLULAR ENGINE FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM”, filed Dec. 4, 2003, both of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to a data processing system having a controller, and more particularly, to a data processing system having a controller which acts as a stack-oriented processor and, in one embodiment, is capable of driving the execution of the Connex Engine (CE) and thus the operation of the Connex Memory (CM) co...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]It is an object of the present invention to provide an efficient data processing system.

[0008]It is another object of the present invention to provide an efficient data processing system which is capable of issuing instructions to a plurality of controlled devices.

[0009]It is another object of the present invention to provide an efficient data processing system which is capable of ensuring that instructions are executed within a plurality of controlled devices in parallel with one another.

[0010]It is another object of the present invention to provide an efficient data processing system which is capable of performing internal operations as well as issuing instructions to a plurality of controlled devices.

Problems solved by technology

In such systems, it is oftentimes necessary for large amounts of data to be processed, searched or otherwise manipulated in short timeframes.

There exists, however, certain inherent inefficiencies in the operation of known processor-controlled systems.

Perhaps most significantly, known processor-controlled systems exhibit significant ‘down-time’ when required to not only issue instructions to those components connected in parallel, but also to execute basic routines within the controller itself.

That is, known processor-controlled systems are incapable of executing operations within themselves while also seeing to the parallel execution of instructions in their integrated components, all within a common time-frame.

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